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This list contains trade journals important to the maritime sector. For many of them, WMU subscribes to the print version. These online titles require the library's login information. The passwords change frequently, please contact the library for log in credentials.

These are also journals that tend not to be indexed in the aggregation services that the library uses. For research purposes, you would have to know the volume and issue of the article you want, although you can try searching in the journal's web site if it has a search feature available.

Different types of journals and magazines

academic

Trade

popular

news

The purpose of Academic Journals is to inform, report, and make available original research and new findings. Academic journals are most often peer reviewed, meaning the articles within them have gone through a vetting process before being published. Academic journals are often devoted to a single discipline or subdiscipline. These types of journals are rarely freely available but must be accessed through a library or private subscription. It is sometimes possible to find pre-published versions of articles online.

Trade journals mostly report on industry trends, new products or techniques to people in a specific trade, business or profession. They cover practical information related to a field or industry. In the maritime subject this is a very common type of journal. The articles in this type of journal are not peer reviewed or of a scholarly nature.

Examples: Work Boat World, Warship Technology, Port Strategy, PEM.

The aim of popular magazines is mostly to entertain, inform and comment on different topics without providing in-depth analysis. Articles are not peer-reviewed or of an academic nature. This type of magazine is often subject-specific, focusing on a particular hobby or broader entertainment subject. The library does not subscribe to any specific maritime related popular magazines.

Examples: National Geographic

Newspapers aim to disseminate news on a daily or weekly basis. Newspaper are often concerned with more serious subject matters than popular magazines, they encompass current events in politics, sport, leisure, religion and business.